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The Goal: To Bring Sharon Springs Theater Back To Life

The Goal: To Bring Sharon Springs Theater Back To Life By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com Edition of Dec. 11-12, 2014 SHARON SPRINGS ‘One brick at a time,” goes the song from the musical “Barnum.” And that’s just how Drew Taylor and Gail Luna are going to restore Sharon Springs’ old Klinkhart Hall. “You have to take short steps with a long view,” said Luna. It’s an enormous undertaking. The theater itself – a one-time Smalley’s cinema – hasn’t been used…

Shopping Local With Libby: Vintage is So Today

Shopping Local With Libby: Vintage is So Today By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com Edition Of Dec. 12, 2014 COOPERSTOWN If Oneonta is where you go for the unique, Cooperstown is where you go for the antique. “It’s an old-fashioned kind of village,” said Kathryn Busse, co-owner with husband Rich of Christmas Around the Corner and the Silver Fox Gift Shop, 139 Main St. “It reminds people of a Victorian Christmas.” Living in Oneonta, I’ve never given myself the chance to…

Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Smoltz, Biggio Will Enter Hall

Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Smoltz, Biggio Will Enter Hall COOPERSTOWN – Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Craig Biggio, John Smoltz are the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2015 inductees, HoF President Jeff Idelson announced on mlb.com a few minutes ago. Idelson called them “incredibly great additions to Cooperstown.”…

Baseball Hall Of Fame Names 2015 Inductees This Afternoon

Baseball Hall Of Fame Names 2015 Inductees This Afternoon COOPERSTOWN – When the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announces its 2015 Hall of Fame ballot at 2 p.m. today, another record-setting class to match 2014 may be revealed. The new candidates on the ballot include Cy Young Award winners like Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz, along with sluggers Carlos Delgado and Gary Sheffield, two-time batting champion Nomar Garciaparra and lock-down closer Troy Percival. Other first-time candidates include: Rich Aurilia, Aaron Boone,…

GIBSON WON’T RUN AGAIN

GIBSON WON’T RUN AGAIN U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, just elected to a third term, was due to be sworn in today – and also announced he won’t run again in 2016. “As I stated shortly after retiring from the Army and first pursuing a seat in Congress in 2010, I planned to self-impose term limits. Accordingly, after much reflection and consultation with my family, this will be my third and final time taking the oath of office as a…

Audra Cameron, 20; Polar Jump Beneficiary Succumbs After 2-Year Battle With Cancer

Audra Cameron, 20; Polar Jump Beneficiary Succumbs After 2-Year Battle With Cancer ONEONTA – Audra Kathleen Cameron, 20, a beneficiary of the 2013 Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at Fox Hospital, after a two-year battle with liver cancer. Audra was born Aug. 16, 1994, in Ypsilanti, Mich., the daughter of Reid Thomas and Mary Kay Cameron. After finishing her freshman year of high school in Michigan, Audra’s family moved to Oneonta.  She graduated from…

Village To Expand Paid Parking To Parts Of Fair, River, Church

Village To Expand Paid Parking To Parts Of Fair, River, Church COOPERSTOWN – The Village Board, at a noontime work session today, reached consensus on expanding downtown paid parking to three more streets: • Fair Street, between Main and Lake • The length of Church Street, behind the Baseball Hall of Fame • River Street, between Main and the Bassett Clinic The trustees aim to be prepared at their January meeting on the 26 to set a public hearing for…